Sam Shepard Quotes
I never considered myself a movie star, and I didn't want to become a movie star, because as soon as you do, you throw away that possibility of playing character. You really do. All of a sudden you're just an entity, you know?
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The more I compose, the more I know that I don't know it all. I think it's a good way to start. If you think you know it all, the work becomes a repetition of what you've already done. I try to make sure that I don't repeat my music.
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Politics is the enemy of the imagination.
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Being nervous isn't always the worst thing for me.
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Make that extra effort for every relationship. Whether it's with your parents, your children, your husband or your friends. It makes a difference to them. I try to give my kids a lot of solo time where I play with them, talk to them, listen to them. Similarly, you give time for your workout. You slot a time for it, no matter what.
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I was playing sports all the time, and my parents, Anne and John, encouraged me to play in grade school and high school.
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As the anti-slavery community, we must together ensure that this attention is transferred into concrete action and results.
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If you seek violence, we will seek to put you in jail.
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We have to reappropriate the concept of laicite (secularism) so we can explain to our young pupils that whatever their faith, they belong to this idea, and they're not excluded. Secularism is not something against them; it protects them.
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I don't like going to the gym because I don't like being with people I don't know in that intense environment.
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It's like everybody is shooting something, and everybody's a filmmaker; everybody can shoot a cat video and post it. So the big thing now is - for people that have talent and have something to say, and are creative, and are capable of making something good - is how do they get attention to it?
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I'm a big fan of Katy Perry.
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My mother was a classical pianist and my stepfather was an industrialist who was passionate about composing contemporary music.
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Our house is a constant mayhem of music, noise, socializing and business. It vibrates life, as a house should.
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The only thing that permits human beings to collaborate with one another in a truly open-ended way is their willingness to have their beliefs modified by new facts. Only openness to evidence and argument will secure a common world for us.
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Whenever I'm in Des Moines, I always make a trip to Manhattan Deli for a sandwich. I spent a lot of time there when I was going to college at Drake, so it's usually my one 'go-to' food stop when I'm in town.
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I have been fortunate to experience a wide range of characters. What more can an actor ask for?
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Nature also forges man, now a gold man, now a silver man, now a fig man, now a bean man.
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The questions don't do the damage. Only the answers do.
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Vulnerable young women are being brainwashed by the radical lies of ISIS militants in the Middle East.
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Clinton has played a major role in giving companies like Cipla credibility, for which I will always be grateful.
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The blockchain does one thing: It replaces third-party trust with mathematical proof that something happened.
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It should be natural, and that's how I like women to look. I like them to feel comfortable and look organic.
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Power gravitates to the man who knows how.
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I never considered myself a movie star, and I didn't want to become a movie star, because as soon as you do, you throw away that possibility of playing character. You really do. All of a sudden you're just an entity, you know?
